Hmm... the RX100 (of whatever iteration) are looking more and more enticing as the "carry anywhere" camera - and as a midrange compliment to my wide-and-tele-only DSLR setup. If only they hadn't been so damn expensive...
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Quote:Well, to be fair - the camera prices are going nuts lately across the board.
It seems as if they are following the motto - half the sales now, so we have to double the price tags.
The upcoming Oly E-M1 II and Pana GH5 seem to be even more expensive.
The camera subsidisation by lenses is gone.
Budget cameras are dead and burried for some years and the new bottom end is the old advanced amateur segment. I don't expect to see anything cheaper than 500$ lenses and 1000$ bodies in the next 5 years.
1. Well... good optics cost and there is lots of old glass out there. Same with more complex camera bodies.
2. They need to cover their production costs. You cannot sell at loss for long and we are well past the event horizon in the camera industry.
Nothing new, but not pleasant for consumers.
Up to A6300 Sony would sell the body for cheap, but will tax you on (very few) lenses they have. Now they are changing that it seems.
RX100 - They know it is a winner and press on performance and prices as hard as they can. I thought Mk IV is too expensive already, but given the recent increase it sells well I guess.
After 60 frames it will have to cool down a while...
At a railway station I saw an advert for Samsung S7. Saying "Rethink what a phone can do" or something like that.
Couldn't help to visualise sparks and explosions...
Yeah, with modern "No Smoking" regulations.
"Sorry sir, single shots only inside!"
60 fps without global shutter on the sensor means problematic rolling shutter issue. Unless you shoot 60 fps with static subjects..
Oooops.. I made a "bad"....... as they say in these modern times!
It's the new Olympus OM-D E M1 MkII that can shoot 60 Fps in RAW.
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